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July 03, 2015

Shouldn’t We Celebrate Our Nation’s Birthday on July 2?

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June 2015

June 14, 2015

Will Father Emil Kapaun Be Beatified Soon? (UPDATED)

Father Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Diocese of Wichita, was a U.S. military chaplain...

June 09, 2015

Faith of Our Fathers: Abraham Lincoln’s Daily Devotional

Abraham Lincoln, in his Second Inaugural Address, quoted Matthew 7:1-3, a scripture which has become...

May 2015

May 23, 2015

The 13 Catholics in Statuary Hall: On Memorial Day, Remembering Our Heroes

One of the most popular tourist destinations in Washington, D.C. is National Statuary Hall....

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Finding Jesus: CNN’s Lenten Series Explores Faith Through Holy Relics

If it's Lent, it must be time for yet another series that questions the veracity...

December 2014

December 06, 2014

Lafayette: The American Patriot Who Wasn’t Even an American Citizen

Today, something different: The story of a hero in the Revolutionary War, the Marquis de...

October 2014

October 22, 2014

Father Jeremiah O’Connell and the Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel

Today I went to Stumphouse Tunnel. It was a great day for a color drive...

October 07, 2014

The Snowshoe Priest and Other Great Stories

In the long, harsh winter of 1835, Father Frederic Baraga trudged through the snow, carrying...

August 2014

August 13, 2014

Fr. Hubert Schiffer and the Jesuit Priests Who Survived Hiroshima

I wish I could tell you that I'm related to Jesuit Father Hubert Schiffer. I've...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

400-Year-Old Crucifix Uncovered in Newfoundland

An undergraduate student assisting at an archeological dig on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula has made a...

July 11, 2014

Jonah’s Tomb Smashed by ISIS Militants

News footage has emerged, showing a member of the Islamic State terror group ISIS wearing...

July 11, 2014

Florida Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Church in U.S.

In May 2014, an archaeological dig in St. Augustine, Florida, uncovered what experts believe may...

July 05, 2014

Was George Washington a Christian? Read His Letter to Roman Catholics, Then You Decide

Was George Washington a Christian? Some historians have claimed that Washington was a Deist--that is,...

July 04, 2014

Fourth of July Special: Honoring Catholics in Our Nation’s Capitol

An American saint. A blessed. And a list of Catholic statesmen, politicians, missionaries and pioneers....

June 2014

June 10, 2014

St. Honoré Cake: The Pastry Named for a Saint

Feeling hungry? How about a St. Honoré cake? * * *...

June 08, 2014

The People in Jerusalem on Pentecost: Who Were They?

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jerusalem. At this...

May 2014

May 13, 2014

Columbus’ Ship, Just Discovered Near Haiti, Was Dedicated to the Immaculate Conception

Exciting news for underwater explorers: Underwater archeological explorer Brandon Clifford believes that he has discovered...

December 2013

December 28, 2013

The Holy Innocents, St. Augustine, and the Coventry Carol

Today, during this octave of Christmas, the Church celebrates the memory of the Holy Innocents—the...

November 2013

November 21, 2013

When the President Died

Fifty years ago—on November 22, 1963—our parish hired a photographer to come and take a...

October 2013

October 15, 2013

“Grow a Beard, Mr. Lincoln, for Your Face Is So Thin”

“All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you...

August 2013

August 01, 2013

The Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth: Heroes, Then and Now

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek. I saw this painting...

June 2013

June 22, 2013

A Man for All Seasons: Sir Thomas More, Statesman, Martyr, and Devoted Father

During this Fortnight for Freedom, I reflect on one of the great saints whose commitment...

April 2013

April 28, 2013

First-Ever Painting of Native Americans—Discovered in the Vatican?

Pinturicchio’s fresco of “The Resurrection” has adorned a wall at the Vatican for 519 years—but...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

THE CHAIR OF KATHY: From Which I Ponder the Chair of Peter, and Its Significance in the History of the Church

Here is my chair. It is where I sit, watching the soup pot and watching...

February 19, 2013

The Sudarium of Oviedo: The “Other Shroud” of Jesus

And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Orvieto and the Feast of Corpus Christi

The town of Orvieto is an Etruscan city located in the scenic region of Umbria,...

August 2012

August 13, 2012

A Politician-Saint?! St. Stephen of Hungary

It’s not often that a politician is canonized as a saint, is it? Thursday, August 16 is...

May 2012

May 03, 2012

In New Hampshire, God Hung Out a Sign….

On May 3, 2003, sometime between midnight and 2:00 a.m., the Old Man of the...

May 01, 2012

Hanno, the Pope’s “White Elephant”

White elephant (n.) an idiom for a valuable possession of which its owner cannot dispose,...

April 2012

April 02, 2012

Leonardo da Vinci’s Final Masterpiece, St. Anne, Draws Crowds at The Louvre

Leonardo da Vinci was the quintessential “Renaissance man”—skilled in mathematics, music, science, anatomy, geology, cartography,...